Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much more expensive price) or a single print off the plate. One could purchase the cheaper "etching," a process in which the artist scratched out places that he wanted to appear dark upon printing on a metal plate, or the more expensive "engraving." Engravings involved much more skill on the part of the artist; it took many years to train the hand to hold the carving utensil that shaped the metal beneath...
...course, it is undeniable that it takes quite a bit of skill to create the French prints. Line structure is extremely complex; contrast between light and dark areas within the print is obviously extremely difficult, given the task of creating depth with only two colors is a challenging feat in any medium. Indeed, these prints do deserve approval from a technical standpoint...
...pianist. It is fun to hear, and maybe even more fun to watch it performed. Perhaps Norris was a little too virtuosic in the concerto: while the notes were technically accurate, it was hard to make sense of the quick and dense passages, hard to appreciate Mendelssohn's skill and talent. All those music teachers were right: faster is not always better...
...want people to engage their criticalthinking skill, and have rational thought guidethem in their decision making process," saidKirchhoff, who is also a Crimson editor...
...virtually everyone agrees that Podesta, 49, possesses a rare skill at scandal management. He is a lawyer with a fine ear for how things will play politically, which gives him an entree with the two main factions (the legal team and the spinners) that have riven the White House since the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. The lawyer in him can gather the facts; the political hand knows how to spin them...